Wednesday, 13 July 2022

Ethan Iverson - Live at Smalls (2000)



Ethan IVERSON

Live at Smalls (2000)

Personnel

Ethan Iverson – piano
Bill McHenry – tenor saxophone
Reid Anderson – double bass
Jeff Williams – drums

Track Listing

1.Night and Day (Cole Porter) 7:38
2.Chronology (Ornette Coleman) 3:59
3.Theme from "Mr. Bean" (Howard Goodall) 5:09
4.The Look of Love (Burt Bacharach) 8:00
5.Have You Met Miss Jones? (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) 7:20
6.In Love in Vain (Jerome Kern, Leo Robin) 10:45
7.How High the Moon (Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton) 8:24
8.You've Changed (Bill Carey, Carl T. Fischer) 8:32
9.Blues Coda (Bill McHenry) 6:03

Total length: 65:53

The album was recorded on 8 February 2000 at Smalls Jazz Club in New York City

Monday, 21 February 2022

Herbie Mann and The Bill Evans Trio - Nirvana (1964)



Herbie Mann and The Bill Evans Trio - Nirvana (1964)

Track listing

1-"Nirvana" (Herbie Mann) - 5:48
2-"Gymnopedie" (Erik Satie) - 3:16
3-"I Love You" (Cole Porter) - 7:03
4-"Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) - 5:31
5-"Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) - 4:49
6-"Cashmere" (Herbie Mann) - 6:45

Personnel
Bill Evans - piano
Herbie Mann - flute
Chuck Israels - bass
Paul Motian - drums

Recorded on December 8, 1961 (tracks 1 & 3-5) 
and May 4, 1962 (tracks 2 & 6)


 

Saturday, 4 December 2021

Christian McBride Big Band - For Jimmy, Wes And Oliver (2020)




Christian McBride Big Band
For Jimmy, Wes And Oliver (2020)

Night Train (Jimmy Forrest, Oscar Washington)
Road Song (Wes Montgomery)
Up Jumped Spring (Freddie Hubbard)
Milestones (Miles Davis)
The Very Thought of You (Ray Noble)
Down by the Riverside (Traditional)
I Want to Talk About You (Billy Eckstine)
Don Is (Joey DeFrancesco)
Medgar Evers’ Blues (Mark Whitfield)
Pie Blues (Christian McBride, Joey DeFrancesco)

Christian McBride Big Band

Main band

Christian McBride – producer, bass
Joey DeFrancesco – organ
Mark Whitfield – guitar
Quincy Phillips – drums

Trumpets:
Frank Greene, Freddie Hendrix, Brandon Lee, Nabate Isles, Anthony Hervey
Trombones:
Michael Dease, Steve Davis, James Burton, Douglas Purviance
Woodwinds:
Steve Wilson (alto & soprano), Todd Bashore (alto), Ron Blake (tenor), Dan Pratt (tenor), Carl Maraghi (baritone)

Saturday, 16 October 2021

Duke Ellington - Live At The Blue Note



Duke Ellington 
Live At The Blue Note

Tracklist

CD 1

Take The ‘A’ Train – 3:17
Newport Up – 4:40
Haupe (Polly’s Theme) – 3:58
Flirtibird – 3:01
Pie Eye’s Blues – 3:16
Almost Cried – 3:20
Duael Fuel (Dual Filter) – 11:37
Sophisticated Lady – 3:56
Mr Gentle And Mr Cool – 7:17
El Gato – 4:13
C Jam Blues – 4:52
Tenderly – 5:30
Honeysuckle Rose – 4:20
Drawing Room Blues – 6:05
Tonk – 1:57

CD 2

In A Mellow Tone – 2:36
All Of Me – 2:31
Things Ain’t What They Used To Be – 2:50
Jeeps Blues – 3:50
Mood Indigo – 11:02
Perdido – 4:32
Satin Doll – 4:48
A Disarming Visit – 2:56
Newport Up – 5:03
Black And Tan Fantasy/Creole Love Call/The Mooche – 9:19
Passion Flower – 5:13
On The Sunny Side Of The Street – 4:29
El Gato – 4:18



Personnel:
Duke Ellington – piano (tracks 2-28)
Billy Strayhorn - piano (tracks 1 & 14)
Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Willie Cook, Clark Terry - trumpet
Ray Nance - trumpet, violin
Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman - trombone
John Sanders - valve trombone
Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
Jimmy Woode - bass (tracks 1-21 & 23-28)
Johnny Pate - bass (track 22)
Sam Woodyard and/or Jimmy Johnson - drums

Recorded The Blue Note, Chicago, August 9, 1959

Monday, 11 October 2021

Sonny Criss - Mr Blues pour flirter (Jazz in Paris)



Tracklist
1 - Don't Get Around Much Anymore - 6:15
2 - This Can't Be Love - 3:28
3 - Early And Later Part 1 - 4:22
4 - Early And Later Part 2 - 4:35
5 - Once In A While - 3:39
6 - Saint Louis Blues - 4:59
7 - Day Dream - 4:40
8 - On Green Dolphin Street - 3:26
9 - God Bless The Child - 6:07


Personnel
    Alto Saxophone – Sonny Criss
    Double Bass – Pierre Michelot
    Drums – Philippe Combelle
    Guitar – René Thomas
    Organ – Georges Arvanitas (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6)
    Piano – Georges Arvanitas (tracks: 2, 5, 7 to 9)
   
Recorded 1963 in Paris on April 22 (5, 6, 7), 
April 23 (1, 3, 4) and April 25 (2, 8, 9)

Thursday, 9 September 2021

Thelonious Monk - The Complete Blue Note Recordings




THELONIOUS MONK

The Complete Blue Note Recordings

Personnel

Alto Saxophone 
Danny Quebec West (pistas: 1.1 to 1.6), 
Lou Donaldson (pistas: 3.1 to 3.9), 
Sahib Shihab (pistas: 1.17 to 1.21, 2.9 to 2.17)

Bass 
Ahmed Abdul-Malik (pistas: 4.1 to 4.5), 
Al McKibbon (pistas: 2.9 to 2.17), 
Bob Paige (pistas: 1.17 to 1.21), 
Gene Ramey (pistas: 1.1 to 1.6), 
John Simmons (pistas: 2.1 to 2.8), 
Nelson Boyd (pistas: 3.1 to 3.9), 
Paul Chambers (3) (pistas: 3.10, 3.11)

Drums 
Art Blakey (pistas: 1.1 to 1.21, 2.9 to 2.17, 3.10, 3.11), 
Max Roach (pistas: 3.1 to 3.9), 
Roy Haynes (pistas: 4.1 to 4.5), 
Shadow Wilson (pistas: 2.1 to 2.8)

Piano 
Horace Silver (pistas: 3.10), 
Thelonious Monk

Tenor Saxophone  
Billy Smith (pistas: 1.1 to 1.6), 
John Coltrane (pistas: 4.1 to 4.5), 
Lucky Thompson (pistas: 3.1 to 3.9)

Tenor Saxophone, Leader 
Sonny Rollins (pistas: 3.10, 3.11)

Trombone 
J. J. Johnson (pistas: 3.10)

Trumpet  
George Taitt (pistas: 1.17 to 1.21), 
Idrees Sulieman (pistas: 1.1 to 1.6), 
Kenny Dorham (pistas: 3.1 to 3.9)

Vibraphone – 
Milt Jackson (pistas: 2.1, 2.3 to 2.17)

Vocals – 
Kenny 'Pancho' Hagood* (pistas: 2.1 to 2.3)


Track List 

Disc 1

1.1 Humph 2:50
1.2 Evonce (Alt Tk) 3:00
1.3 Evonce 3:01
1.4 Suburban Eyes 2:58
1.5 Suburban Eyes (Alt Tk) 2:55
1.6 Thelonious 2:58
1.7 Nice Work If You Can Get It (Alt Tk) 3:01
1.8 Nice Work If You Can Get It 3:00
1.9 Ruby My Dear (Alt Tk) 3:03
1.10 Ruby My Dear 3:05
1.11 Well You Needn't 2:55
1.12 Well You Needn't (Alt Tk) 2:52
1.13 April In Paris (Alt Tk) 2:50
1.14 April In Paris 3:17
1.15 Off Minor 2:58
1.16  Introspection 3:10
1.17 In Walked Bud 2:54
1.18  Monk's Mood 3:05
1.19 Who Knows 2:40
1.20 'Round Midnight 3:09
1.21 Who Knows (Alt Tk) 2:39

Disc 2


2.1 All The Things You Are 2:57
2.2 I Should Care (Alt Tk) 3:00
2.3 I Should Care 2:59
2.4 Evidence 2:31
2.5 Misterioso  3:19
2.6 Misterioso (Alt Tk) 2:43
2.7 Epistrophy 3:05
2.8 I Mean You 2:44
2.9 Four In One 3:27
2.10  Four In One (Alt Tk) 3:26
2.11  Criss Cross 2:55
2.12  Criss Cross (Alt Tk) 2:48
2.13 Eronel 3:01
2.14 Straight No Chaser 2:54
2.15 Ask Me Now  (Alt Tk) 4:26
2.16  Ask Me Now 3:12
2.17  Willow Weep For Me (2)
  
Disc 3


3.1 Skippy 2:59
3.2 Skippy (Alt Tk)  3:07
3.3  Hornin' In (Alt Tk) 3:06
3.4 Hornin' In 3:12
3.5 Sixteen (First Tk) 3:28
3.6 Sixteen (Second Tk) 3:37
3.7 Carolina Moon 3:26
3.8 Let's Cool One 3:45
3.9 I'll Follow You 3:46
3.10  Reflections 7:01
3.11 Misterioso 9:22

Disc 4

4.1 Crepuscule With Nellie 3:00
4.2 Trinkle, Tinkle 10:08
4.3 In Walked Bird 11:22
4.4 I Mean You 13:53
4.5 Epistrophy 5:19


Recording Date: October 15, 1947 - April 14, 1957

Friday, 27 August 2021

Miles Davis - Ascenseur pour l'echafaud - Complete Recording (1957)



Miles Davis

Ascenseur pour l'echafaud (1957)

(Lift for the scaffold)


Personnel

Miles Davis – trumpet
Barney Wilen – tenor saxophone
René Urtreger – piano
Pierre Michelot – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums

Tracks Listing

1."Nuit Sur Les Champs-Élysées (take 1)" 2:25
2."Nuit Sur Les Champs-Élysées (take 2)"5:20
3."Nuit Sur Les Champs-Élysées (take 3)"2:47
4."Nuit Sur Les Champs-Élysées (take 4)"2:59
5."Assassinat (take 1)" 2:02
6."Assassinat (take 2)" 2:10
7."Assassinat (take 3)" 2:10
8."Motel"3:56
9."Final (take 1)"3:05
10."Final (take 2)"3:00
11."Final (take 3)"4:04
12."Ascenseur" 1:57
13."Le Petit Bal (take 1)"2:40
14."Le Petit Bal (take 2)"2:53
15."Séquence Voiture (take 1)"2:56
16."Séquence Voiture (take 2)"2:16
17."Générique"2:45
18."L' Assassinat de Carala"2:10
19."Sur L'Autoroute"2:15
20."Julien Dans L'Ascenseur"2:07
21."Florence Sur Les Champs Élysées"2:50
22."Dîner au Motel"3:58
23."Évasion De Julien"0:53
24."Visite Du Vigile"2:00
25."Au Bar du Petit Bac"2:50
26."Chez Le Photographe Du Motel"3:50

recorded at Le Poste Parisien Studio in Paris on December 4 and 5, 1957

Thursday, 26 August 2021

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Pyramid (1960)



The Modern Jazz Quartet

Pyramid (1960)

Track listing
1-Vendome (John Lewis) - 2:30
2-Pyramid (Blues for Junior) (Ray Brown) - 10:46
3-It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 5:02
4-Django (John Lewis) - 4:36
5-How High the Moon (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) - 6:15
6-Romaine (Jim Hall) - 7:28

Personnel
Milt Jackson - vibraphone
John Lewis - piano
Percy Heath - bass
Connie Kay - drums


Recording DateAugust 22, 1959 & January 15, 1960
Recording Location
Capitol Studios, New York, NY
The Music Inn, Lenox, MA

Gene Ammons - Blue Gene (1958)



Gene Ammons - Blue Gene


Track list:
1. Blue Gene
2. Scamperin'
3. Blue Greens And Beans
4. Hip Tip

Personnel:
Idrees Sulieman (tp) 
Gene Ammons (ts) 
Pepper Adams (bars) 
Mal Waldron (p) 
Doug Watkins (b) 
Art Taylor (d) 
Ray Barretto (cga)


Recorded in New York City, May 2, 1958

Tuesday, 15 September 2020

Wes Montgomery - The Montgomeryland Sessions (2009)


 

WES MONTGOMERY

The MOTGOMERYLAND Sessions

Personnel:

WES MONTGOMERY, guitar on all tracks, plus:

CD1 1-7: The Montgomery Brothers and Five Others / Wes, Buddy & Monk
Freddie Hubbard (tp), Wayman Atkinson, Alonzo Johnson (ts), Buddy Montgomery (vib),
Joe Bradley (p), Monk Montgomery (b), Paul Parker (d).
Indianapolis, Indiana, December 30, 1957.

CD 1 8-14: Montgomeryland / Wes, Buddy & Monk
Harold Land (ts), Buddy Montgomery (p), Monk Montgomery (b), Tony Bazley (d).
Los Angeles, April 18, 1958.

CD 1 15: from Almost Forgotten [out of print compilation LP]
Alonzo Johnson (ts), Buddy Montgomery (p), Joe Bradley (p), Monk Montgomery (el-b),
Robert Johnson (d). New York, June 15, 1955.

CD 2 1-4: Montgomeryland
Pony Poindexter (as, out on 1), Buddy Montgomery (p), Monk Montgomery (b),
Louis Hayes (d). Los Angeles, October 1, 1959.

CD 2 5-10: from Kismet. Los Angeles, April 22, 1958.

CD 2 11-17: from A Good Git Together. Fugazzi Hall, San Francisco, 1959.


Tracks

CD 1:
01 FINGER PICKIN’
02 SOUND CARRIER
03 LOIS ANN
04 BUD’S BEAUX ARTS
05 BOCK TO BOCK
06 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE
07 BILLIE’S BOUNCE
08 FAR WES
09 LEILA
10 OLD FOLKS
11 WES’ TUNE
12 HYMN TO CARL
13 MONTGOMERYLAND FUNK
14 STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY 15 LOVE FOR SALE*

Total Time: 77:44
*On CD for the first time ever.


CD 2
01 SUMMERTIME
02 MONK’S SHOP
03 FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE
04 RENIE
05 OUVERTURE
06 AND THIS IS MY BELOVED
07 FATE
08 STRANGER IN PARADISE
09 BAUBLES, BANGLES AND BEADS
10 NOT SINCE NINEVEH
11 A GOOD GIT TOGETHER
12 FEED ME
13 MUSIC IN THE AIR
14 PRETTY STRANGE
15 THE SHOUTER
16 SOCIAL CALL 1
7 OUT OF THE PAST

Total Time: 79:08